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8GB RAM on M3 MacBook Pro 'Analogous to 16GB' on PCs, Claims Apple::Following the unveiling of new MacBook Pro models last week, Apple surprised some with the introduction of a base 14-inch MacBook Pro with M3 chip,...

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[–] LazaroFilm@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago (4 children)

Just a wild guess, I think they mean that the M3 chip can load and unload things so much faster that it doesn’t need as much ram to do regular tasks. Of course, if you are loading video renders into ram, it won’t really apply to it anymore.

[–] Vilian@lemmy.ca 1 points 9 months ago (3 children)

what the chip arquitecture has with I/O operations?💀

[–] dustyData@lemmy.world -1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

M3 is a SoC, or System on a Chip. The whole M3 is all the things. I/O, CPU, GPU, Bus, RAM and even storage. Everything is on a single custom ARM chip.

[–] dorkage@lemmy.ca 3 points 9 months ago

That is not correct. The DRAM is not part of the same die that the SoC is on. It is separate packages directly beside the SoC. The storage is also separate packages.

If it was all one die it would be huge and have poor yields.

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